Anybody done their own? I mean by cutting the bottom part of the rear hanger so you can just flip the shackle over and thru the hole. The time is near that I'm going to finally lift the Blazer I have. It's going up to 4" and getting the "new" 35" tires I got today on a smoking deal. Read my thread on the "tires/wheels for sale/wanted" forum.
So, any ideas on the home made flip?

my buddy jason AKA, Blue Beast. he took the front spring hanger on the rear springs off a parts truck and took off his rear spring hanger swaped them and there was 4 inches . I think you can buy the hangers for around $20 bucks or so.
colin

i did mine w/a plasma cutter and cut the hole rather large then i took a 1/4x3x6in piece of steel, had it press-bent at a 35degree angle, i drilled a hole so the shackle bolt could go through it and then gusseted it to the outside of the shackle and up to the very top of where the shackle rivots to the frame. it cost me a total of $10 and about 4 hrs. and i gurantee its way stronger than ORD's and lets it flex every bit as well. oh-ya i also used shackles off a 92 chevy 3/4ton ( a little longer ). you have to use them backwards, and you will most likely have to reverse shim the rear end slightly if your not running a c.v. shaft. i got about 5-5 1/2in. of lift, hope this helps.

While I may be leaning towards the way the pic showed on what Fender showed us, this seems to be the cheapest and easiest to go. I cannot find any extra forward hangers to install. I want a cheap and quick flip, so may just plasma the holes under the stock bracket and call it done. Hope everything goes smooth when the time gets here to do it.

If anybody else has more pics, go ahead and get them up so we can see more ideas.

i cannot see how the shackle has enough travel in that pic.
seems to have 1/2" before it bottoms on the hanger.
as the spring flattens it elongates, the shackle moves towards the rear.
looks like a bad mod to me.

Its all trial and error. The cut out was elongated after the picture was taken. Everything works like a charm now. I'm not sure what your definition of a "good" mod is. I realize it didn't come in a box from a big name brand and a bumper sticker but it's effective and it was free

a good mod to me is one that doesnt cause the springs to pound into the frame or brackets. if you say you have trimmed it back to where this wont occur, then that is a win.
I havent tried it but it didnt look to me as if there was enough metal to trim to allow full range of motion.
a recent magasine did a dodge and had a long list of trouble with not enough shackle travel.

What I did was 180 the shackle to face the other direction, then with a can of spraypaint in hand went out and tried to bind the suspension up the best I could, find where the paint had been scraped off the shackle, then cut some more and went out again. It's been a few months and so far so good.

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